Wednesday, December 10, 2014

A Year in Books Timeline

Prompt: {Which
month did you … read the most, the least, read the book you liked LEAST
for the year, read your longest book, tried a new genre, fell hard for a
book boyfriend, re-read a favorite, finished an epic series, read
something you’ve been wanting to read for a long time etc. } – link-up hosted at Girlxoxo

January: Started this blog!Read 33 books, the most for year. Threw The Goldfinch across room in frustration at page 200. Sent it back to library undamaged and unfinished. Most Hyped/Least liked.
My first Goodreads win Andrew's Brain (I liked it.)
Began exploring new genre format: graphic novels. Exploring Graphic Novels

February: 1st LibraryThing win: Snow in May by Kseniya Melnik. Happy to give it a good review!

March: Won Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo on LibraryThing. Significant because it was a great book and it also introduced me to a new (to me) publisher: Akashic Books. They have a great list. Lots of diversity.

September: Only read 9 books. Maybe because I got bogged down in The Bone Clocks (624 pages). Also read a dense chunckster Traveler of the Century by Andrés Neuman (576 pages), Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (608 pages), and The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg (528 pages). (Number of books read statistics can be misleading.)

My first ever participation in crowd sourced funding! I contributed to What if the Queen Should Die? By John-Paul Flintoff at Unbound

Hmmm, a book that made me laugh? Definitely Redshirts by John Scalzi. I know there were more, but I remember giggling at that, when my hubby was asleep and I had to be quiet. I was listening to the audio version so Wil was just cracking me up. :)

Your year seems great (we will forget your problem with The Goldfinch ;) - I haven't tried to read it: I wasn't interested). Have I well understood? You've read 33 books in January? O_o

you participating in 'X Lit Month(s)' to be stimulated to read translated books or it is just more fun to read with others? I'm interesting as a French who reads mainly translated books naturally. I've noticed that lot of English-speaking persons read very little translated literature so I'm always interested by those we read it!

I barely read funny books but I remember having a real good time with The Importance of Being Earnest by O. Wilde.

I woke up at 4:30 this morning. Tried to go back to sleep, but didn't.I have always read a lot of translated literature. I participate in the various Lit months because it's fun to see what others are reading. Also, those projects attract interesting readers from all over the world.About the number of books read: Yes, 33 in January. We had bad weather and I had a very sore knee. I didn't go out much at all.

Ha - You and Tamara (Traveling with T) both quit The Goldfinch at page 200! I loved it, but it's way too long to stick with if you don't! Congrats to you for having the guts to listen to your own gut. And congrats on your first year with the blog!

I have no problem with not finishing a book I don't like. But I really shouldn't have thrown it, what f I'd damaged it and had to pay for a book I disliked. Shocking behavior for a book lover (and former librarian).Thank you for the congrats. :)

I can hardly believe you only began blogging in January! What a lot you've accomplished! So glad you found the Japanese Literature Challenge 8 in your adventures, and I can commiserate with throwing The Goldfinch across the room. While I loved The Secret History, and even enjoyed most of The Goldfinch, Tartt really gave us a bleak and hopeless look at life. Or, making the wrong choices after sorrow comes our way...~Bellezza (dolcebellezza.net)